"Nee-san… do I really need to wake up this early? At six in the morning?"
"If you want to be strong and have your so called 'harem' then yes."
Those few words did give Issei some strength to walk faster than usual.
*Yawn*
"Ah, are you okay Asia-chan? Do you need more sleep?"
"N-no! If Itsuka-san wants my help, I-I'm obliged to help him! I have a lot to repay you and this *yawn* won't get in the way!" After her mini-speech she suddenly prayed to God. "Oh please holy-father, may you give this child strength to properly help her savior. Amen"
I smiled as I lowered my body so Asia could safely hop out of my back before I turned my attention to Issei. "Issei," I said seriously. "Can you take a guess why I've brought Asia here with me?"
"Ahh…" My little brother scratched his head trying to think of a good reason why I brought the nun to his training session when she wasn't necessarily needed in one's training. "To… show her what we can do?"
BOP
"Ow! Nee-san that hurt!"
"Wrong answer Issei. By the way you should've dodged that." I continued before taking a deep breath. "The reason I called her is because she wields the Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing, and as you've witnessed, Twilight Healing can basically heal mostly anything"
"Ahh… Okay?"
"So that means…" I sent a sonic-jab at Issei's stomach causing him to double up and fall to his knees coughing up saliva. "... no matter how much damage I'm going to conflict to you, we have a healer that's going to heal you up, no matter how severe the damages are."
Then I turned to Asia. "Asia-chan, can you heal Issei right now?"
"Ah! Of course!"
Asia, who didn't have the capability to see my fist hurried up to Issei looking confused and concerned as she quickly healed his ruptured organs, broken ribs and a big bruise that was coming up on the spot where I hit him.
"N-Nee-san…" Choked Issei standing up shakily. "A-are you sure I'm not going to die during this training?"
I snorted while eyeing Issei. "Ise, I perfectly know what Twilight Healing is capable of and its limits. And under that limit, I'm going to hurt you as best as I can. But don't worry; I won't be using my magical items or my supernatural powers to fight with you. I promise that I'll only use my physical powers to overwhelm you." I cracked my knuckles as Issei and Asia gulped. "Running away isn't an option in this mock-fight Ise, be aware of that. Even though running is considered a good tactic when fighting an overwhelming enemy, in this case you cannot outrun me meaning that you will have to defeat me in either way or… wait for reinforcements to come. But then, you can run away to evade my attacks but do not try and evade this fight."
The training area was a center of a forest where nobody showed up. This was the place where I did most of my physical training, meditating and training my Sacred Gear.
"If you manage to land a hit on me or manage to stay on your feet for longer than three minutes… I'll give you a ten minute break. In this battle, you can use anything. Your Sacred Gear, your fists, your demonic body, your teeth… Do anything to win me Hyoudou Issei and don't hold back"
"Ummm… Nee-san, what if Asia gets hurt? Our powers…"
"Don't worry Ise." I assured him, activating my Sacred Gear (visual effects!). "We can't let our favorite nun be harmed, can we?"
"O-of cours—"
Re-Taekwondo 3 Stage Hoechook
Blood spurted from Issei's mouth as he fell to the grassy floor gasping for breaths of air.
"The training has already started Issei, don't ever let your guard down and stand up and fight… This won't stop till I say 'stop' so. Bring. It. On."
However, Ise still had problems getting up. I sighed before asking Asia again. "Asia? Can you…?"
"Hai Itsuka-san…"
Asia Argento knew what she was going to see and what she was going to experience was going to be far off from what she had seen and experienced and seeing Issei-san coughing up blood was just the beginning. Itsuka had thoroughly warned her that she would be seeing lots and lots of blood, misfortunes and incidents due to the unstable relationship between the three factions and because of Issei's and Itsuka's Sacred Gear wielded great power. Itsuka even predicted a great tidal wave of chaos or even war might break out in the near future and he had given Asia the last chance to choose whether to stay with her and face the upcoming tide or stay behind and avoid the dangers last night.
She didn't even hesitate to choose to stick with Itsuka. After all, she was her savior, first friend, her hero her… She blushed wordlessly. No! Itsuka is a girl! Such thoughts were impure to think about! Oh dear God… may you forgive this misled youth…
She has already decided what to do with her life. She owed Itsuka and Issei her life and was willing to follow Itsuka to the depths of hell… which was pretty ironic since Issei was a demon… Nonetheless her path was made. She was going to stick with Itsuka and support and repay her debt for as long as she could. Because of Itsuka, she now had a home, because of Itsuka, she now had friends (in Kuoh Academy), because of Itsuka, she felt safe, because of Itsuka, she was finally able to become happy, because of Itsuka she… she…
"Nurse A! I need healing here!"
"Ah! Coming Itsuka-san!"
Nurse A, her new identity. An identity that she is willing to accept and to continue since the new identity would give her a chance to repay her debts to Itsuka-san, since it would allow her to be who she really wanted to be; a person who can help and mend other people in need, since it allowed her to stay with the woman she started to love…
Because of Itsuka, she felt love, different from the love for God but love, nonetheless.